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Pattern: Pendulum by Amy Miller
Yarn: Madlinetosh Tosh Merino Light in Flash Dance & Cascade Heritage Sock in orchid
Needle: size 6
This pattern is gorgeous but not for a beginner because there are not a lot of details in it and I think it would be confusing for a newer knitter to figure out when to change color/which side to change color on (sometimes you follow the number of rows in the pattern and sometimes not). The nice thing about doing short rows in garter stitch, which I never knew, is that you don't have to knit the wraps later on when you do the wrap and turn.
Can't wait to wear this in the fall.
One of the more memorable light installations of Durham, the Pettit's Pendulum, consists of a rather short pendulum restrained to wrist action. The direction along which the pendulum swings rotates with time because of Mr. Pettit's alcohol consumption. First made famous at Emilio's on 7.November 2008, this is unlikely to remain in the history books for long, but an enjoyable evening was had by all.
Foucault's pendulum, was conceived by Léon Foucault (1819-68), a simple device to illustrate the Earth's rotation in 1851.
The pendulum shows the Earth's rotation by the plane of oscillation of its swing slowly revolve.
In one sense, the pendulum stays still, and the floor rotates.
Taken in the Panthéon, Paris
The neoclassical Panthéon was originally built as a church to St Genevieve, to fulfill a vow made by Louis XV on recovery from an illness. The architect was Jacques-Gabriel Soufflot (July 22, 1713-80).
Construction on the building began 1758, but was hampered by the economic situation; it was finally completed in 1790.
In 1791 the National Constituent Assembly declared that the church should be a mausoleum ""To the great men, the grateful homeland"".
Taken in the 5ieme Arrondissement
Foucault's pendulum, was conceived by Léon Foucault (1819-68), a simple device to illustrate the Earth's rotation in 1851.
The pendulum shows the Earth's rotation by the plane of oscillation of its swing slowly revolve.
In one sense, the pendulum stays still, and the floor rotates.
Taken in the Panthéon, Paris
The neoclassical Panthéon was originally built as a church to St Genevieve, to fulfill a vow made by Louis XV on recovery from an illness. The architect was Jacques-Gabriel Soufflot (July 22, 1713-80).
Construction on the building began 1758, but was hampered by the economic situation; it was finally completed in 1790.
In 1791 the National Constituent Assembly declared that the church should be a mausoleum ""To the great men, the grateful homeland"".
Taken in the 5ieme Arrondissement
Graphic Design for Marketing graduate degree show 2011: Pendulum Gallery, HSBC Building, 885 West Georgia, Vancouver, May 2 to 14, 2011. www.gdma.ca Kwantlen Polytechnic University
From a workshop with my more mystic colleagues, I recently learned how to use a pendulum to access the wisdom of the mind/body. Catherine was cleaning out the East Wing and laid this on my desk; my mother said she had one like it so she must have passed it on to me some time ago. First you find out in what direction the pendulum will swing to indicate a yes which is usually the opposite direction from a no. So you just swing it back and forth asking for a yes and watch. My yes is a clockwise movement. Then you ask a yes or no question and find out what it says.
It will not tell you if there is a god; at least it will not tell me. I just get a neutral back and forth movement. It will tell me if it's okay to eat the leftovers in the fridge from last Friday or if a package I've sent has arrived. It will also tell me if I will work with a certain client again. (It said yes.) And I like to ask things relating to a decision I'm not sure about like whether or not I should take an expensive course I'm considering.
It's a technique related to muscle testing. My chiropractor calls it the Mojo; he taught it to my friend Tim and we played with it a bit about 20 years ago, but I never could do it for myself until now. A pendulum is much easier to use than the knuckle touching method Tim learned. At the workshop we all got a bead on a ribbon to act as a pendulum, but one participant told us it worked better if it was on a chain. She carries one with her. It is an amethyst pyramid on a chain. On her website it says she is a purveyor of practical magic. The workshop leader was a Fung Shui expert who also does space clearing. The other two were also firmly in the intuitive arts. I refer to them as the NAPO witches of the North.
Foucault's pendulum, was conceived by Léon Foucault (1819-68), a simple device to illustrate the Earth's rotation in 1851.
The pendulum shows the Earth's rotation by the plane of oscillation of its swing slowly revolve.
In one sense, the pendulum stays still, and the floor rotates.
Taken in the Panthéon, Paris
The neoclassical Panthéon was originally built as a church to St Genevieve, to fulfill a vow made by Louis XV on recovery from an illness. The architect was Jacques-Gabriel Soufflot (July 22, 1713-80).
Construction on the building began 1758, but was hampered by the economic situation; it was finally completed in 1790.
In 1791 the National Constituent Assembly declared that the church should be a mausoleum ""To the great men, the grateful homeland"".
Taken in the 5ieme Arrondissement
Exterior Decoration
The outer walls of the Elizabeth Tower feature decorative stonework, including carved orbs, crowns, crosses, and gargoyles.
Pendulum Pit
The pendulum is part of the going train, which, together with the gravity escapement mechanism, acts two keep the clock running at a constant rate. It is suspended below the clock mechanism inside the top of the central shaft along with three weights. Sandbags at the shaft’s base protect the floor in case the weights should fall. The pendulum pit (which is about 11 feet long, 10 feet deep, and 3 feet wide, or 2.4 m by 3 m by 1 m) is suspended inside the top of the shaft. Clock mechanics can access the pit by ladder from the Clock Room. The base of the shaft is accessible through an arch leading into a chamber, which is the way Big Ben was brought to the tower. Today, the chamber contains two air compressors for the Palace’s sewage ejector system which was installed in the late 19th century, at the towers generally entered through a doorway to the south.
The Clock Dials
The tower’s four clock dials face the four points of the compass. The north dial faces Portcullis House, the east the River Thames. The south dial looks over the rest of the Palace of Westminster and the west dial faces Parliament Square.
The ornate decoration on the Elizabeth Tower’s upper floors owes much to Augustus Welby Pugin’s influence on the main architect, Sir Charles Barry. The two architects collaborated successfully on the Palace of Westminster’s neo-Gothic style which is displayed to great effect on the clock dials.
Each dial is 7m in diameter and is made from cast iron. Each dial contains 312 separate pieces of pot opal glass, a type of glass with an opaque finish.
The hour figure of four o’clock is shown by the Roman numeral IV, rather than IIII, as is more commonly used on clock dials.
Under each clock dial there is a Latin inscription carved in stone: “Domine Salvam fac Reginam nostrum Victoriam primam” which means “O Lord, save our Queen Victoria the First.”
At 9am on August 11, 2007, a team of specialist technicians abseiled down the south clock dial, to spend the day cleaning and repairing the clock dials. This essential work takes place once every five years.
The Link Room
This low-ceilinged room between the Belfry and the Clock Room is where the clock mechanism and the bells are connected by cables that allow the chiming and striking trains to drive mechanisms which operate the hammers to make the bells sound.
The Belfry
From the outside the Belfry is a graceful arrangement of arches below a sloping roof, but the interior shows the other side of the Victorian building project—wrought and cast-iron engineered into a structure with the strength to support five bells totaling 21 tons in weight. Barry’s original plans were for a more closed-in space, but Denison pointed out: “The place where bells are hung on ought to be nearly all open windows… It will be a mere waste of money to get the largest bell in England to put in such a shut up place as this appears to be”.
Inside the Belfry the massive hour bell and four quarter bells are suspended from a strong frame of wrought iron beams, braces and rivets. The frame is mounted on rollers, which sit on cast-iron plates set into the walls of the tower. This design allows for movement caused by the bells’ vibration and changes in temperature which might otherwise damage the structure of the tower.
The Roof
The roof is made of cast-iron tiles and decorated with gold leaf.
The Ayrton Light
Above the belfry is the Ayrton Light. It is 254 feet (76 m) above the ground and measures 9 feet (2.74 m) in diameter and 12 feet (3.66 m) in height.
The Ayrton Light is lit when either House of Parliament continues to sit after dark. Its installation was first suggested by Acton Smee Ayrton MP (1816-86), who, as First Commissioner of Works between 1869 and 1873, oversaw the final stages of the rebuilding of the Palace of Westminster. However, several years of experimentation followed before the light that remains to this day was installed by John R. Wigham (1829-1906) of the Dublin gas engineering firm Edmonson’s & Co. which supplied lights to English and Irish lighthouses.
The proposal for a light was reported in The Times on June 7, 1871, under the headline “Notice to Truant MPs”, but little progress was made at first. The initial idea of using limelight, which employs a gas jet to heat a cylinder of quicklime to such a high temperature that it becomes incandescent, was rejected in favor of a more powerful magneto-electric light. However, in response to a question in the House of Commons the following year, Ayrton stated that “to erect and maintain the light would involve an expense larger, perhaps, then the circumstances would justify.” Tests to establish the best form of lighting undertaken in April 1873. MPs made no objection to an experimental light which was installed soon afterwards. This provisional light was retained until a permanent gas-powered light was finally installed in 1885.
Sixty-eight gas burners whose jets merged into a single great flame illuminated the new gas light and a workman had to mount the stairs to the top of the clock tower every evening at sunset to light the flame, although it could be extinguished by means of a valve in the Engineers’ Control Room.
Early engravings show that this light shone only to the west, in the direction of Buckingham Palace—it has been suggested that Queen Victoria, who liked to keep abreast of parliamentary business, could use it to tell when she might expect Ministers to start arriving after the House had finished sitting. In 1892, Wigham suggested that lenses be used to “spread the light round the whole of London” and, later that year, installed a new lighthouse-style light, which was 9.5 feet (2.9 m) higher than the previous one and shone in all directions. It was subsequently suggested that a different colored light could shine when a division or vote was taking place, but this was thought to costly. Since 1903, the Ayrton Light has used electric lighting.
The surrounding streets had been lit by gas lamps sincerely 19th century, but even by the 1880s the level of night-time lighting was very low. Given the general absence of tall buildings in the vicinity at that time, when it first operated the Ayrton Light—like the illuminated tiles of the clock itself—must have been an impressive sight.
In the Press
The octagonal Ayrton Light was a novelty at the time it was installed. The Illustrated London News of August 16, 1873 reported: “Few scenes can be conceived more singular or more beautiful…As an instance of the power of this marvelous light, it may be observed that newspapers have been read by its rays Trafalgar-square…It is possible that all our streets a few years hence may be nightly based in the glorious light of electricity”.
Relighting the Ayrton Light in 1945
The Ayrton Light remained unlit throughout the Second World War. It was lit once more as war drew to a close on April 24, 1945, when the House of Commons journal records:
“Mr Speaker addressed the house, as followeth: May I be allowed to make a slight interruption in the proceedings? In peace-time the lantern light above big Ben always shone out after sunset in order to show that the House of Commons was at work. For five years, seven months and twenty-three days this light has now been extinguished. When I press this switch our lantern light will shine once more. In so doing, I pray that, with God’s blessing, this light will shine henceforth not only as an outward and visible sign that the Parliament of a free people is assembled in free debate, but also, that it may shine as a beacon of sure hope in a sadly torn and distracted world. I now turn on our lantern light.”
Foucault's pendulum, was conceived by Léon Foucault (1819-68), a simple device to illustrate the Earth's rotation in 1851.
The pendulum shows the Earth's rotation by the plane of oscillation of its swing slowly revolve.
In one sense, the pendulum stays still, and the floor rotates.
Taken in the Panthéon, Paris
The neoclassical Panthéon was originally built as a church to St Genevieve, to fulfill a vow made by Louis XV on recovery from an illness. The architect was Jacques-Gabriel Soufflot (July 22, 1713-80).
Construction on the building began 1758, but was hampered by the economic situation; it was finally completed in 1790.
In 1791 the National Constituent Assembly declared that the church should be a mausoleum ""To the great men, the grateful homeland"".
Taken in the 5ieme Arrondissement
Pendulum clock in the Indaina State Museum. As the pendulum swings back and forth, it knocks down the domino type uprights to indicate the time of day. As the earth rotates, the pendulum gradually knocks down the upright markers as it works around the circle as the day progresses. There are some neat reflections in the pendulum.
Inspired by the beautiful patterns that can arrise from simple harmonic motion of wave pendulums. The longest bob swings at 30 times per minute (0.5 Hz), the next longest 31 times per minute and so on until the shortest swings 60 times (1 Hz). Various patterns appear to emerge, but they are just beat frequencies that play tricks on your mind.
In the Chamber of Horrors at the Josephine Tussaud Wax Museum in Hot Springs, Arkansas, some poor lady is forced to re-enact the Edgar Allan Poe story of the giant bladed pendulum.
Not to worry, though -- she's only wax ... ?
This peacock pendulum clock measures approx. 19" from head to tail and is 9" wide and the colorful plumage of the tail acts as the pendulum. The laser print image has hand painted touches and a satin varnish and is mounted on 1/4" poplar plywood. The quartz mechanism requires one AA battery. Please note that there are no numbers on this clock.whimsical peacock clock with swinging tail
Pendulum fruit
Oscillating fruit
Kigelia pinnata or Kigelia africana, the Sausage Tree
1min video clip
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KA97IMJZc0
Saw at Panaji Miramar
Foucault's pendulum, was conceived by Léon Foucault (1819-68), a simple device to illustrate the Earth's rotation in 1851.
The pendulum shows the Earth's rotation by the plane of oscillation of its swing slowly revolve.
In one sense, the pendulum stays still, and the floor rotates.
Taken in the Panthéon, Paris
The neoclassical Panthéon was originally built as a church to St Genevieve, to fulfill a vow made by Louis XV on recovery from an illness. The architect was Jacques-Gabriel Soufflot (July 22, 1713-80).
Construction on the building began 1758, but was hampered by the economic situation; it was finally completed in 1790.
In 1791 the National Constituent Assembly declared that the church should be a mausoleum ""To the great men, the grateful homeland"".
Taken in the 5ieme Arrondissement